Billion dollar budget
JAMAICA'S BID to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the development of national programmes is estimated to cost an already cash-strapped Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) just a shade under $1 billion over the next few years....
Garvey Maceo maintain their winning ways
WESTERN BUREAU: BEN FRANCIS Knockout kingpins Garvey Maceo started their campaign in the quarter-finals of the ISSA/ Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup in impressive fashion yesterday, blanking Fair Prospect 6-0 in their Group One fixture at Jamalco Sports Club....
There really was no need to have fired 'Bora'
AS THE outbreak of football fever continues to reinfect Reggae Boy supporters both at home and abroad, the debate continues to rage regarding the termination of the contract of experienced Serbia-born coach Velibor 'Bora' Milutinovic after a little over year...
Campbell, Goule collect awards for their schools
THE CURTAIN came down on the 2007 Foska Oats-sponsored Road Race Grand Prix Series yesterday with the awards ceremony at G.C.Oats-sponsored Road Race Grand Prix Series yesterday with the awards ceremony at G.C. Foster College. Kemoy Campbell of Bellefield and Natoya Goule of Manchester High...
Coach fired after England's loss
LONDON (AP):ENGLAND FIRED coach Steve McClaren yesterday, a day after the team lost to Croatia and failed to qualify for the 2008 European Championship.Football Association chairman Geoff Thompson said McClaren's contract had been terminated ...
Big teams could play in same group
NYON, Switzerland (AP):FORMER CHAMPIONS Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands could end up in one group at next year's European Championship, according to the seedings confirmed yesterday by UEFA.The Netherlands earned the last spot in Pot One...
Take Sneaky Sis
Both the Pick-9 and Super-6 offer attractive carryovers tomorrow after eluding punters at Caymanas Park on Wednesday.Upsets by ROAD BLOCK at 16-1 in the sixth race and ENDURING at 13-1 in the seventh ensured there would be carryovers...
Walker suspended for two racedays
Leading rider Omar Walker has suffered a temporary setback in a bid to win his first jockeys' championship, when he was slapped with a two-day suspension by the stewards on Tuesday at the Winchester Road offices of the Jamaica Racing Commission....
Toba yearling sale revisited
The review of the November 11 TOBA Thoroughbred Yearling Sale at Caymanas Park continues with yearlings sold for $500,000 to up $990,000. We have already looked at the 11 yearlings fetching prices of $1 million and over, including the sales topper, a bay colt by Deputy's...
Twenty20 war set to grip India
MUMBAI (Reuters): A BATTLE royal between a rebel body bankrolled by the controllers of India's largest listed media firm and the cash-rich Indian cricket board threatens to shake up the game's biggest global market. Two rival Twenty20 cricket leagues are preparing to go...
FROM THE BOUNDARY - Let's listen to Greig and Chappell
TONY GREIG and Ian Chappell are listed among the best cricketers of all time; they were, and still are, two knowledgeable cricketers; one captained England and the other Australia.Both of them know about cricket, particularly the Australian, about cricket in Australia...
Pakistan exhale after Misbah-ul-Haq comes to the rescue
NEW DELHI (AP):A DEFIANT innings by Misbah-ul-Haq resurrected Pakistan's first innings yesterday after a dire start to the opening day of the first Test against arch-rivals India.India's debutant captain Anil Kumble led the charge for the home team as...
Holmes still paying for jab at legend
WASHINGTON, (Reuters): LARRY HOLMES has clashed with Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and Ken Norton yet admits his own verbal jab at an American icon was ultimately more painful than anything he endured inside the ring.It has been 22 years since Holmes lost to Michael Spinks...
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